Engraved Gems
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1889]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- ENGRAVED GEMS
- ENGRAVED GEMS BY MAXWELL SOMMERVILLE PROFESSOR OF GLYPTOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; AUTHOR OF “SANDS OF SAHARA,” “SIAM,” ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE SOCIÉTÉ ACADÉMIQUE DES SCIENCES, ARTS ET BELLES-LETTRES DU DÉPARTEMENT DE L’AUBE, FRANCE, ETC. DREXEL BIDDLE, PUBLISHER PHILADELPHIA LONDON SAN FRANCISCO TORONTO 1901
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- ENGRAVED GEMS.
- EGYPT.
- PERSIA AND BABYLON.
- THE ETRUSCANS—ETRURIA.
- PHŒNICIA.
- GREECE.
- ROMAN.
- ABRAXAS.
- EARLY CHRISTIANS.
- BYZANTINE.
- MEDIÆVAL.
- RENAISSANCE.
- SUCCEEDING DECLINES AND REVIVALS.
- SOME TYPES OF REMARKABLE GEMS.
- Bacchus and Ariadne.
- Jupiter Ægiochus.
- The Triumph of Constantine.
- RELIGION ON STONES.
- HISTORIC CAMEOS.
- ANIMALS AND BIRDS.
- ANTIQUE PASTES.
- MYTHOLOGICAL.
- CHINESE, BURMESE, AND SIAMESE.
- AZTEC OR MEXICAN.
- RETROSPECTIVE.
- INDEX.
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